HAMMOND, John, a Representative from New York; born at Crown Point, Essex County,
N.Y., August 17, 1827; attended the public schools and St. Albans Academy, St.
Albans, Vt.; was graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, N.Y.;
pioneer in California in 1849; volunteered as a private in the Civil War;
promoted to captain of Cavalry and advanced to brigadier general; a
manufacturer of iron for twenty-five years; president of the Crown Point Iron
Co.; elected as a Republican to the Forty-sixth and Forty-seventh Congresses
(March 4, 1879-March 3, 1883); was not a candidate for renomination; retired
from business; died at Crown Point, N.Y., May 28, 1889; interment in Forest
Dale Cemetery.